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YouTransfer: Self-hosted file transfer and sharing solution

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Re: YouTransfer: Self-hosted file transfer and sharing solution

#4

Post by causi »

moontear wrote: post #2

Last checkin four years ago and README says „looking for a new maintainer“. Is this abandonware?

I've seen probably four or five different brilliant file transfer solutions that totally solved the person to person file transfer problem posted to HN and every dang one of them was shut down or abandoned.

Re: YouTransfer: Self-hosted file transfer and sharing solution

#5

Post by theblazehen »

causi wrote: post #4
moontear wrote: post #2

Last checkin four years ago and README says „looking for a new maintainer“. Is this abandonware?

I've seen probably four or five different brilliant file transfer solutions that totally solved the person to person file transfer problem posted to HN and every dang one of them was shut down or abandoned.

It's unfortunately not FOSS, but I quite like https://wormhole.app/ - It's client side encrypted and P2P when possible

Re: YouTransfer: Self-hosted file transfer and sharing solution

#6

Post by ckcheng »

causi wrote: post #4
moontear wrote: post #2

Last checkin four years ago and README says „looking for a new maintainer“. Is this abandonware?

I've seen probably four or five different brilliant file transfer solutions that totally solved the person to person file transfer problem posted to HN and every dang one of them was shut down or abandoned.

PairDrop works:

https://pairdrop.net/

https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/PairDrop

Other alternatives:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38915909

Re: YouTransfer: Self-hosted file transfer and sharing solution

#7

Post by blacklight »

Before trying it in my lab, could the author elaborate on what's its killer feature?

The README mentions that it's an alternative to both Dropbox and WeTransfer. My current alternative to Dropbox is Nextcloud, and my current alternative to WeTransfer is (formerly Mozilla) Send. What's the added value of YouTransfer compared to this solution?

I'm also put off by the fact that the README has a big "looking for a new maintainer" disclaimer on top, and the demo page doesn't even work. Sure, I could put enough effort into maintaining a project if I see its added value, but in this case it seems to be a product trying to sneak into a market where there are already viable and well-maintained open alternatives.

Re: YouTransfer: Self-hosted file transfer and sharing solution

#8

Post by rbut »

causi wrote: post #4
moontear wrote: post #2

Last checkin four years ago and README says „looking for a new maintainer“. Is this abandonware?

I've seen probably four or five different brilliant file transfer solutions that totally solved the person to person file transfer problem posted to HN and every dang one of them was shut down or abandoned.

We use PsiTransfer [1] in docker. Recently updated, so not abandonware. Serves our needs really well.

[1] https://github.com/psi-4ward/psitransfer

Re: YouTransfer: Self-hosted file transfer and sharing solution

#9

Post by XorNot »

ckcheng wrote: post #6
causi wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've seen probably four or five different brilliant file transfer solutions that totally solved the person to person file transfer problem posted to HN and every dang one of them was shut down or abandoned.

PairDrop works: https://pairdrop.net/ https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/PairDrop Other alternatives: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38915909

I'm self-hosting Pairdrop on my home network. It's a great solution to the problem of moving files around in an inhomogenous device environment".

Re: YouTransfer: Self-hosted file transfer and sharing solution

#10

Post by sureglymop »

blacklight wrote: post #7

Before trying it in my lab, could the author elaborate on what's its killer feature? The README mentions that it's an alternative to both Dropbox and WeTransfer. My current alternative to Dropbox is Nextcloud, and my current alternative to WeTransfer is (formerly Mozilla) Send. What's the added value of YouTransfer compared to this solution? I'm also put off by the fact that the README has a big "looking for a new ma…

How do you like Send and is it still maintained?

I also use Nextcloud but use the Floccus browser extension to sync bookmarks to Nextcloud. Works well when it works.

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